PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moral Realism, Moral Relativism, Bioethics
29 Jan 2016
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Bioethics is a hybrid discipline it is considered applied ethics. It applies general ethical theories, principles and rules to problems of therapeutic practice, health care delivery and medical and biological research: philosophy in action. The beginning of bioethics dates back to the 5th century bc with the. Hippocratic oath which is the first code of ethics for health care professionals. Bioethics and the law, a close relationship (the legal side of the medical profession) health care delivery. On the one hand, the law defines the social boundaries and conditions for. There is a dimension of our life that we believe holds our duty or what we should do. Some people believe that what is right and wrong (good and bad) depends upon how they feel about it. These people share a non-cognitivist meta-ethical position, also known as ethical non-cognitivism this means it is not based on rational principles (do not know it rationally)
